ANTI-CRISIS SOLUTIONS BY SEA CONTAINER SERVICES
”We are trying to come to meet customers with solutions that they can make significant savings - time, resources, funding - especially in the current economic situation,” says Iulian Nedu, president of Sea Container Services. Sea Container Services has one of the most modern logistics centre in Constan¡a port -...
WHAT EMPLOYEES HATE ABOUT BOSSES
Over half of survey participants (57%) were mentioned as the chief issue annoying incompetence which means incapacity, lack of professionalism. Another complaint is related to the superficiality with which a boss treats his subordinates, by not paying enough attention, nor listening to one’s wishes or suggestions. Further more, according to...
SAME RULES MEANS SAME PUNISHMENTS
Establishing a typology of infringements on the basis of their seriousness will put an end to the present situation, where the same infringement may be considered a minor infringement in one country and a more serious infringement in another country. The new categorisation distinguishes three levels of infringements: minor infringements,...
EC: PPPS ARE GOOD FOR RAILWAYS!
Confronted with limited availability of public resources, some rail infrastructure managers of CER, mainly from Central and Eastern European EU Member States, are currently preparing business cases for PPP’s in rail infrastructure - for example in Poland, Romania, and the Czech Republic. In fact, the leading European rail organisations CER...
STANDARD EU INSURANCE CONTRACT
A panel of experts - 13 of whom come from the EU member states - was nominated to establish the principles of European legislation for the insurance contract law (PEICL). The panel includes no Romanian expert, so the event in Bucharest was rather intended to render the European experts familiar...
AIRLINES TO ENTER CARBON TRADING SCHEME
Therefore, all flights landing or taking off from EU airports will have to buy CO2 allowances under the bloc’s cap-and-trade system under the new directive. Trading officially begins in 2012. The directive aims to cap greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector to 3% below the 2004-2006 levels in 2012,...
INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, ONE OF THE BEST ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES (II)
Professor Pencea thinks that pumping money in the economies is less efficient without a well-thought priorities list. He continues by stating that Romania badly needs more investments in transport infrastructure. This would not only help keeping jobs in the construction industry, which was badly hit by the credit crunch, but...
CLEAN FUEL FOR CLEAN SHIPS
The EU expects its Member States to ensure that gas oils and other liquid fuels used in inland waterway vessels and recreational craft will not exceed maximum permissible sulphur content of 10 mg/kg. Clean fuel will enable a smooth switch to new-generation and energy-efficient engines, which will save even more...
Albin Budinsky, CEO DB Schenker Romtrans: WE WILL FOCUS ONDOMESTIC GROUPAGE SERVICES
RBT: Which are the top priorities of DB Schenker Romtrans? Albin Budinsky: Taking over Romtrans helped Schenker to become the Romanian market leader in freight forwarding quicker than it would have been if we had developed a network by ourselves. The first goal is to unite Schenker’s Romanian branch and...
MEPS ARE IN FAVOUR OF CHARGEABLE EXTERNAL COSTS
The main political groups reached a consensus on what to tax and what not to tax: the ”chargeable external costs“ will include air and noise pollution and congestion, except for greenhouse gas emissions. The Eurovignette calculation method means that the overall extra cost for road users would only rise by...
